With...
<select name='foo'><option value='bar1'>bar1</option></select>
<select name='foo'><option value='bar2'>bar2</option></select>
....try...
var selects = $('select[name=foo]');
See the Attribute Filters, under Selectors in the API Reference.
(If you have non-unique ids for elements on your page, do not rely on
selecting them by $('#id')!)
syg6-2 wrote:
>
>
> For reasons I won't go into here I have a page which has a table with
> a variable amount of rows. Each row has a hidden, text, and select.
> They all have the same name. I also have other selects on the page
> with different names.
>
> What I need to do is access only the selects, to be able to add and
> remove options. So I need to know how many selects with the name "foo"
> are on the page
>
> I have tried this:
>
> jQuery("select#foo")
>
> which simply returns [Object object]. If I do this:
>
> jQuery("select#foo").length
>
> it returns 0 which is not true. When I load the page I have 2 selects
> already. So if I do this:
>
> jQuery("select#foo").text()
>
> it returns white space. And
>
> jQuery("select#foo").val()
>
> returns undefined.
>
> I have also tried stuff like
>
> jQuery("select#foo[0]").val()
>
> but nothing seems to work. Since uses can dynamically add rows to the
> table (and with each one a hidden, text input and select) I need to 1)
> know how many selects with a given id/name there are and 2) be able to
> manipulate the values in each one.
>
> How can I do this?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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